03/15/17 – Nathaniel Penn on the inhumane and arbitrary practice of solitary confinement in US prisons – The Scott Horton Show

Nathaniel Penn, a GQ correspondent, discusses his exposé on the reality of solitary confinement in US prisons, which is meted out with very few checks in place, no accountability for the prison officials who order it, and detrimental to the physical and emotional health of inmates subjected to it.